Bulletin 22.03.14

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Office News

Phishing - What is Phishing and how do we protect ourselves from it?

You can watch a video to learn more - Phishing Explained in 6 minutes
Gmail has settings that are setup to protect our emails from Phishing, so if you are one of the staff members who use Outlook you should be extra watchful to make sure you don't fall for an attack. You can also quickly go into your Gmail to double check for any warnings on suspicious emails if necessary.
Things to look for:
- External Tag - It Shows that an email is not from a person inside our Company. This is important because sometimes the attack will come from the name of someone in our company and we may assume it's safe.

Spam and/or Phishing Warning - Emails that include Links and attachments that are from external sources will produce a warning notice on top of your email. Make sure you know this message is from a trusted source before clicking on links or downloading anything.

When in doubt - Make sure that the messages you are receiving make sense. If you see a message from someone you know, yet it sounds a bit off, then is best to double check.
- Double check - It is ok to reach out to the person separately and confirm the message received was legitimate. (make sure you do not reply to the suspicious message)
- Check for Spelling Errors - Sometimes an email will come from what it seems to be a trusted Company or person yet it is someone pretending to be the company. All logos will be the same, but the spelling in the email will most likely be off.
- Be watchful of online order emails you don't recognize - Common phishing emails will say things to make you click on a link to steal your personal information. If an email doesn't make sense to you, don't click on the links.
- Examples of Phishing : If you receive messages like these make sure to report as Phishing to Google and /or delete